Senate Republican holdout releases budget demands

(The Center Square) – One of the Senate Republicans who says he refuses to vote for the latest budget deal is out with a list of demands of his own.

Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, released a list of his “benchmarks” that he says must be included in any state budget that will get his vote.

“No creation of a structural deficit. Across-the-board GPR base budget cuts of $700 million to $1 billion,” Nass wrote in a statement. “A one-time Sales Tax Rebate that would return to the taxpayers $3.5 billion of the one-time $4.3 billion surplus. It would provide $1,600 to each married couple filing jointly and $800 to individual tax filers. The sales tax rebate does not add to or create a structural deficit. No more

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